Do you know who the financial powers that be are?

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Again, more interesting info brought up by Minyan Peter:

http://www.minyanville.com/articles/.../index/a/17510

Specifically the list of those convened by the Fed regarding derivatives:

OTC Derivatives Industry Working Group
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
June 9, 2008

Industry Participants

Dealers
Bank of America, N.A.
Barclays Capital
BNP Paribas
Citigroup
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank AG
Dresdner Kleinwort
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
HSBC Group
JPMorgan Chase
Lehman Brothers
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Morgan Stanley
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Société Générale
UBS AG
Wachovia Bank, N.A.

Buy-Side Firms

AllianceBernstein
BlueMountain Capital Management LLC
Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C.
Industry Groups
Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group III
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.
Managed Funds Association
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

Supervisors

Commission Bancaire
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Connecticut State Department of Banking
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Financial Services Authority
New York State Banking Department
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Office of Thrift Supervision
Securities Exchange Commission
Swiss Federal Banking Commission

The most interesting part: how many of the financial institutions on this list have been hammered and had to recapitalize?

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Re: Do you know who the financial powers that be are?

Here's a question - is it the people that run them or the entities themselves at this point?

Tie in the list of the list of the top F.I.R.E. political contributors and you've got quite a web of power.